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Updated: 7:10 PM CDT Apr 27, 2020

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THE OWNER ABOUT THIS SPIKE IN BUSINESS. >> THIS BARBERSHOP HAS BEEN OPENED IN DEL CITY SIN THE 1950’S. ALL IT HAS UNDERGONE SEVERAL NAME CHANGES, THE REGULARS SAY THEY WOULD NOT GO ANYWHERE ELSE. >> 11 YEARS OLD, I WALKED IN THAT DOOR. >> A LONG TIME CUSTOMER HERE WITH HIS OWN CHILDREN GETTING A NEW FRESH CUT AFTER THE SHOP WAS CLOSED FOR A MONTH. >> HAD PEOPLE BEGGING ME TO CUT THEIR HAIR WHILE WE WERE SHOT DOWN. I SAID, I CAN’T. >> THE OWNER SAYS SINCE REOPENING FRIDAY, SHE AND HER DAUGHTER HAVE BEEN BOAT SALAD. >> I CAN GET YOU IN TOMORR AT 5:00. >> WITH REGULAR AND NEW CUSTOMERS 20 AN APPOINTMENT. WRITING DOWN EACH CUSTOMER THAT COMES IN. >> IT IS SAFER THAT WAY IF SOMEONE DOES HAVE SOMETHING GO WRONG WITH THEM. THEN THEY CAN LOOK BACK AND SEE WHO WAS IN HERE THAT DAY. AND NOTIFY THOSE PEOPLE. >> DIANA SAYS THE CHAIRS SET FAR APART WITH JUST -- WITH JUST TWO CUSTOMERS GETTING SERVED AT ONE TIME. >> WE AR PRETTY CLEAN. >> KEEPING UP WITH CLEANING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. >> IF SOMEO

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Del City barbershop booked solid since being allowed to reopen amid coronavirus crisis

Some shops across the metro welcomed back big businesses over the weekend, with the owner of a hair salon in Del City saying they were busy into the night.Randy Sartin, who has been going to Corky's Barbershop since he was 11 years old, was back with his own children to get a fresh, new haircut after the shop was closed for a month. Corky's Barbershop, which has been open in Del City since the 1950s and has undergone several name changes, has been booked solid since it reopened Friday. The regulars say they wouldn't go anywhere else."I had people calling, begging me to cut their hair while we were shut down, and I said, 'I can't,'" Diana Dyer said.With regular and new customers wanting appointments, Dyer has been writing down each customer that has come in as a safety precaution."It's safer that way," she said. "If someone does have something wrong with them, I can look back and see who was in here that day and notify those people."Dyer told KOCO 5 that the chairs at Corky's Barbershop are set far apart, with just two customers getting service at one time."We're pretty clean. We keep everything disinfected -- the tools, the chairs," Dyer said.Along with cleaning, Dyer and her daughter are practicing social distancing as much as possible to keep everyone safe."If someone is compromised and they want me to wear a mask, I'll wear a mask," Dyer said.

DEL CITY, Okla. —

Some shops across the metro welcomed back big businesses over the weekend, with the owner of a hair salon in Del City saying they were busy into the night.

Randy Sartin, who has been going to Corky's Barbershop since he was 11 years old, was back with his own children to get a fresh, new haircut after the shop was closed for a month.

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Corky's Barbershop, which has been open in Del City since the 1950s and has undergone several name changes, has been booked solid since it reopened Friday. The regulars say they wouldn't go anywhere else.

"I had people calling, begging me to cut their hair while we were shut down, and I said, 'I can't,'" Diana Dyer said.

With regular and new customers wanting appointments, Dyer has been writing down each customer that has come in as a safety precaution.

"It's safer that way," she said. "If someone does have something wrong with them, I can look back and see who was in here that day and notify those people."

Dyer told KOCO 5 that the chairs at Corky's Barbershop are set far apart, with just two customers getting service at one time.